Short Penance Poems

Short Penance Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Penance by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Penance by length and keyword.


Lights Fading

Quietly sauntering 
through faded lights
 on an alley,

past transgressions mirror 
to beg for unresolved penance.
Form: Sedoka


Depression

Darkness is
Energy depleting
Penance with no
Residual happiness
Emotional
Serenades
Sifting
Inside
Overcoming
Nothing
© Lm Klopp  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Divine Abode

Divine abode

Oldest cave temple
Saintly aura  overwhelms
Abode for penance

Date Oct 29 2016
Contest Saints and sinners
Form: Haiku

The 8th Year

In confessionals of doubt
he chased absolution
The devil unmasked
—his penance forsworn  

(Washington Chapel: November, 2021)

Premium Member Penance

Everything I regret happened so many years ago.
Nowadays I refuse to be taught just how to even let go.
Until that night I overcame my embittered ego.
Form: Sijo


Premium Member Prophecy

He’s read from first to final chapter.
The most and least he’s followed after.
Penance and prayer, or sin and laughter?
The difference was all in his head.
Form: Verse

Premium Member How Were the Merits of Jesus Christ Applied To Our Souls

The merits of Jesus Christ are applied to our souls through the Sacraments
Especially Baptism
Penance
Which restore us to the friendship of God

11282011
Form: Quatrain

Warrior Poet

No sweeter air then after the
penance of a piano note,
cascading chords and the fate of Atlas.
Tears of a warrior
How does one caress delicate
Strength and Love

The Essence of Repentance Is To Sow In the Soul Penance

innocent cents are found in the essence of patience
good riddance of stolen cents is the essence of repentance
the essence of repentance is to sow in the soul penance
art
Form: Concrete

Premium Member Everything Is

tattered
tired
torn
           tense:
walking in
             circles
a penance
to a quit place
slipping
spinning
fallen
finished...
            transient
Form: Verse

Premium Member The Posse Came A-Howling

The posse came a-howling for vengeance
The Senator must now perform penance
   His pleas for mercy ignored
   His reputation was gored
Beheaded by public opinion's sword
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pickle - Mar 19

Pow! the pale powder pumps power into 
The pastor’s panicked pulse. Peeing his pants, 
He pulls his parcel and pitter-patters
To the piss-pot, paying his penile penance.

Premium Member The Tickle Torture

Listen to poem:
Founded in the Han,
Dynasty and Rome, 'Tickle,
Torture' was penance,
Of nobles, no scar, quick fix,
Salted feet, for goats to lick.
Form: Tanka

Prophet

Proposing pure penalties
Rambling rancorous reveals
Opining odd occasions
Pitching putrid penance
Heralding heinous happenings
Evoking erroneous events
Teaching terrific tautology
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Deception

I dislike deception most of all.
Humankind is ready to fall 
To the lowest position,
Ignoring values like
Loyalty and trust,
Lacking penance 
And remorse.
What a 
Shame!



3rd Place
Form: Nonet

Premium Member Lifting the Hex

I bit the ampule 
hard enough to cut my tongue.
I let the splinters rake their penance
against my frenulum for months.

Still, it won't change the trajectory,
not all at once—nothing does.

Ode To Childhood

Tender petals of youth wither and fade

Stinging the soul with regret

Sharp penance of years

A yearning too deep for tears

A token of repentance

Times short pleasure to take

Youthful mirth vanishes away

My Turn To Burn

It is my turn to face the flame
The darkest fire
Her wrath of penance
The woe from my pestilence
An evil army of deadly words
Damnation to finally pay
it leaves a sour taste in the mouth
I am now ended
© Bart Jonas  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Blurred Line's Crossing

Walk the Line
Draw a line under it
On a Charity Fun Run
As penance 
For crossing the line's 
So Many Time's 
You stopped counting 
How many pairs of shoes it took
To look before crossing 
Dangerous Paths

Rejoicing With the Saints

REJOICING WITH THE SAINTS

Washed with the waters of baptism
Nourished with the food of life
Mingled amidst the blood of the Lamb
Drawn back through the grace of penance 
Filled with the spirit through confirmation
Form: Lyric

P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E

Partly to blame I

Accept my penance.

To quick to love,
     knowing the end was 

Imminent. Yet I strive
         to

Endure......to Overcome

Never thinking, that loves

Choices, would lead to 

Extreme Heartache!!
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member An Angel Fell Down From Hell

An angel
Fell down
From hell 
Today
His body unburned
With so much to say
He said the war was too much
And he wanted to try his luck
As a human and ask
For repentance
Get closer 
To heaven
To pay his penance
The honorable way
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Back Taxes

Hangovers are a back-tax on fun.

To paraphrase T.S. Eliot: 
"Can last night just belong to last night?”

I’m not thinking about sins and penance 
or making any bound-for-failure resolutions.

I’m giving myself a mental health break.

Judge Dread

I am a tenant
of your penance.

I reside in your house of discontent.

My whispers scream
too loud
and yet
a voice too small to be heard.

I live in a vastness of silence
of words which cannot be heard.

This house is called dread.
Form:

Jail

In Jail
Ringing penance bell
No bail

Till decaying of Sin
Have to live in this bin

Dark and insects
Sin decaying facts!

Weeping wife,
Growing child
Outside make all strife

Throw the knife
Find these bloods
go on against your life!

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